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In article <mkNu5.525$%p.2653@news1.atl>, 
"Judson McClendon" <judmc@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>You're programming in the past, using outdated technology.  I started
>programming in 1968 using punched cards.  When CRT based programmer
>editors came out, it made a tremendous boost in productivity.  I still
>loved my printed listings, and used them for a long time.  [...]

:-)

Ah, memories...  I know the feeling.

My first "on line" data entry and programming (FORTRAN) was done
on a TTY connected to the PDP-10 at UQ, and I became quite paranoid
about keeping hard copies of every damn thing I did -- so I could
check for possible errors later was the rationale.  I was quite
frustrated by the "modern" VDUs in the Vet Dept which I had to use
occasionally when the good old TTYs in Agric were booked out [those
vets could afford all the good gear it seems] -- no hard copy!
What if I had made errors!?

Well, in fact, the hard copies lived unseen and unread in a cupboard
for over 25 years after they were "needed".

But I must admit, I still prefer a listing if I'm studying the logic
of a program.  You don't see enough at one time on a screen, and I
find it easier and more satisfying to flick back and forth between
real pages rather than scrolling up and down on a VDU.  (Maybe if I
was better at remembering what I've just seen, it wouldn't be such a
problem. 8-)

Cheers,  Ian S.

ianstDELETE@THISdpi.qld.gov.au